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Henry and Campbell in line to start at Pompey

The striker is back after his surprising omission at Old
Trafford over the weekend. Campbell's appearance in the
starting line-up will be his first since February 1. He has been
troubled by problems with his ankle and then his toe until
recently.

"Campbell, Reyes, Ljungberg are back in squad," said
Wenger. "[Against Manchester United], Ljungberg had as
small knock from Juventus, Reyes was rested. He will be suspended
against Villarreal next week so he can play in these games.

"Sol will start. It gives him a good opportunity to show
that he's ready for us. I will rest Senderos, who finished
tired against Manchester United."

Wenger admitted that he left out Campbell completely at Old
Trafford so he could regain sharpness in training.

"That was the plan," said the Frenchman.
"To get him to work hard rather than sit on the bench. We have
eight games now on the trot - game after game - and I will have to
rotate in every game now without destroying the balance of the team
and the belief of the team. That's why I am happy that he's
there. You could see on Sunday we were on top but the longer the
game went on the more you could see we lost some
strength."

Henry's omission at Old Trafford was also down to worries
over fatigue.

"Thierry will be back on Wednesday," said Wenger.
"You know the problem with Thierry. If you lose the game and
don't play him then it's the wrong decision but what if
he'd played, we'd lost and he'd picked up an injury?
That would've been the wrong decision too. Whenever you lose a
game you are wrong. I just felt he needed the breather."

Copyright 2015 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the sourceRichard Clarke11 Apr 2006

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